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Griff_in_Fairba
Jul 12, 2017Explorer III
Maya - if it's any consolation, what you're dealing with is relatively simple compared to what I'm dealing with right now.
Got the kingpins installed just fine, without too many issues, like trying to remember how to read a 0.0001" micrometer. (One measurement was off by 0.025" because I misread the micrometer ... but caught the error before I screwed everything up.)
Then, I discovered I had major problems with the (recently replaced) wheel seal that was allowing water to get at the (relatively new) wheel bearings. Have a new wheel seal -- that won't solve the actual problem -- but no new bearings. Plus, this is my only working vehicle and I live to far out of town to have parts delivered.
So, I'm going to have to patch everything back together so I can get all the parts I need and then redo most of the job over again very soon.
Got the kingpins installed just fine, without too many issues, like trying to remember how to read a 0.0001" micrometer. (One measurement was off by 0.025" because I misread the micrometer ... but caught the error before I screwed everything up.)
Then, I discovered I had major problems with the (recently replaced) wheel seal that was allowing water to get at the (relatively new) wheel bearings. Have a new wheel seal -- that won't solve the actual problem -- but no new bearings. Plus, this is my only working vehicle and I live to far out of town to have parts delivered.
So, I'm going to have to patch everything back together so I can get all the parts I need and then redo most of the job over again very soon.
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